What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
ASHA Neighbourhood Project in Beeston have announced details of their Easter Playscheme. Activities will include a trip to Lightwater Valley, an Easter Egg hunt, pizza making and face painting. The playscheme is open to children from 5-12 years old and costs £10 per child. Bookings will be taken from Monday
Ahead of tomorrow’s St Patrick’s Day parade, I spoke to Chris O’Malley, the Director of the Irish Arts Foundation about South Leeds’ Irish community. March is Irish History Month. I asked why we need an Irish History Month, Chris explained: “It was inspired by Black History Month. Like black history,
An occasional series of articles by someone in south Leeds who took up golf with considerably more enthusiasm than skill… I don’t want to start at the beginning because, contrary to Oscar Hammerstein II, it’s not a very good play to start… Maybe I’ll tell you why I took up
The Hunslet Club was proud winner of the Outstanding Community Sports Award at the Leeds Sports Awards at a glamorous ceremony at Elland Road on March 14th 2013. Sponsored by Leeds Trinity University and presented by Councillor Adam Ogilvie, Chief Executive Officer Dennis Robbins & Sports Development Officer Craig Gilmour
What have hot pants and washing your hands got to do with making the world a better place? I covered the meeting discussing how council housing should be run in the city earlier this week. I was heartened by the emphasis people put on involving tenants in the management of
Last weekend the ASHA Girls Group went on a training weekend away at the Gearstones Lodge in the Yorkshire Dales for their Duke of Edinburgh Silver award. Despite the challenge of walking in the ice cold and snowy weather, the girls have worked really hard to develop their skills, making
Kidz Klub is celebrating its 10th anniversary of working with children in Beeston. To celebrate, they are holding a tea party at St Luke’s Church in Beeston on Sunday 17th March from 3:00 to 5:00pm. They are promising party games and live music, as well as tasty tea, posh coffee
Tenants are to be at the heart of the new structures for managing council houses in Leeds. The Council have already decided that the three “ALMOs” – Aire Valley Homes, West North West Homes and East North East Homes – are to be merged into one organisation. A consultation, Your Home
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. The Westwood Community Association have a very good Facebook group with lots of lively discussion. This week they posted have some good advice about doorstep crime and how to avoid becoming a victim. There was
Ian Pickup from Holbeck In Bloom has been in touch to share photographs from yesterdays work party. Holbeck In Bloom teamed up with staff from Leeds Federated Housing Association to brighten up Cleveleys Court with some spring planting. [slideshow_deploy id=’14607′]